System Membership

UT is more than any one entity—it’s a collection of campuses, institutes and partnerships committed to excellence, innovation and impact. Referencing system membership on key external communications furthers awareness of UT’s statewide presence and impact.

Member Logo 

UT campuses, institutes and entities should use one of the following logos to denote membership in the University of Tennessee System:  

Member, the University of Tennessee System

Note

The ‘Flagship’ logo is reserved for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville exclusively.

Use this logo on:

  • Official website homepage footers with active links to tennessee.edu and alt text attributes of “The University of Tennessee System” 
  • Official social media accounts, about section with link 
  • External print and digital publications, back cover with link for digital publications
  • External advertisements, exceptions for placements with limited space 
  • Commencement programs 
  • Business cards, back of card 

Boilerplates 

All external communications, especially materials distributed to the media and multi-page publications—produced by the UT System Office of Communications and Marketing should include the following boilerplate:   

The University of Tennessee is a statewide system of higher education with campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Pulaski, Martin and Memphis; the UT Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service. The UT System manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its UT-Battelle partnership; enrolls about 58,000 students statewide; produces about 13,000 new graduates every year; and represents more than 445,000 alumni around the world. 

All UT campus, institute and entity boilerplates should include a statement that identifies system membership, such as:  

The University of Tennessee is a statewide system of higher education with campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Pulaski, Martin and Memphis; the UT Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service.